Prost Jr drives Renault F1 car

Nicolas Prost, the son of 4-times F1 champion Alain Prost, made his F1 driving debut at Magny-Cours this weekend, along with fellow test drivers Ho-Pin-Tung and Mikhail Aleshin. These 3 drivers drove the 2009-spec R29 car, which was fitted with the 2010 livery, which is very similar to the one used by Prost Sr from 1981-1983 at Renault.

Nicolas Prost won the European Formula 3000 championship in 2008, and is now competing in the Le Mans Series. Ho-Pin-Tung won the 2003 Formula BMW Asia championship, and the ATS Formel 3 Cup, and is currently the Renault Development Driver. Mikhail Aleshin won the 2004 Formula Renault 2.0 Italy Winter Series, and is currently racing in the Formula Renault 3.5 category (and leading the championship at the moment).

All 3 of these drivers got the opportunity to drive a Formula 1 car for the first time. However, Aleshin spun the car on his run, when rain began to fall.

Most of the focus was in Prost Jr during the test. Suddenly, it seems as if the old names are returning to F1, with Rosberg and Senna already here, and Prost possibly in the future. Here are the photos from the test: